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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Texas coral snake
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Texas coral snake

Micrurus tener
Ka ga leina: The Latin name tener means "soft or delicate", referring to the snake's graceful features.1
E tlhoka ngakaGa e bolaye gantsi, mme go lomiwa ke yone go tlhoka ngaka.
Dinoga tsa khorale Go lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi go batho: E masisiGo lomiwa ke yone go tlhoka ngaka. Go swa go seoka thata.

The Texas coral snake is a venomous snake with bright black, yellow and red rings. It lives in the southern and southwestern United States and in parts of northeastern and central Mexico. Its bite can cause paralysis, so it is important to recognise it and keep well away.1

E tshela kwa
Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas in the USA; Guanajuato, Morelos, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas in Mexico1
Amerika Bokone
Gae
It spends most of its time hiding in leaf litter and under logs. It can be seen on the surface after heavy rains, when night-time temperatures rise above 26 °C (78 °F).1
Boleele
1,2 m (4 ft)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 4,9 km/h (3 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
E ja eng?
Its main food is other snakes, mostly small burrowing species, and it also preys on venomous snakes such as copperheads. It sometimes eats small lizards, and rarely eats rodents. It is cannibalistic.1
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa Texas coral snake
Texas coral snake. Setshwantsho: The original uploader was Dawson at English Wikipedia.. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • Black, yellow and red rings, with the rings running onto the belly.1
  • Smooth scales, a rounded head and round pupils.1
  • Somewhat larger and stouter than the eastern coral snake.1
  • Males are typically smaller than females.1
  • Shy and secretive, and mostly active at night.1

Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: Nonvenomous snakes copy the coral snake's colours as a form of Batesian mimicry. In the United States, the venomous coral snakes can be told apart by red rings touching yellow rings. The common rhyme "red and yellow, kill a fellow" is not always accurate because colours vary, and relying on it is dangerous.1

Maatla a botlhole

Go loma

Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

The snake has a pair of fixed, grooved fangs at the front of the upper jaw, and venom is injected through them. Its venom contains a neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves, and a myotoxin, which damages muscle. Bite victims may experience paralysis or myolysis (muscle breakdown), which can be potentially lethal.1

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: E masisiGo lomiwa ke yone go tlhoka ngaka. Go swa go seoka thata.

Before antivenom was available, the fatality rate of coral snake bites was estimated at 10%. Deaths were mainly caused by breathing or heart failure from paralysis. A single bite can deliver 10–12 mg of dry venom, about twice the lethal dose for an adult human of 5–7 mg. Many bites deliver no venom at all, known as dry bites.1

Dikgang tse di molemo: dingaka di na le molemo (antivenom) kgotsa kalafi ya se.1

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

When grabbed suddenly, or sometimes just when touched, it may thrash about, swing around and bite.1

Fa e loma

  • Remove any jewellery from a bitten limb, in case of severe swelling. Wrap the bite area moderately tightly in a wide cloth, and move the bitten limb as little as possible. Take the bite victim to the nearest hospital as soon as possible for advanced treatment, such as antivenom.1
  • Dira gore motho a nne a sa tshikinyege a ritibetse mme o mo ise bookelong ka bonako, le fa ntho e lebega e le nnye: matshwao a ka simolola diura morago.

Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha

Nna o babalesegile

  • O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
  • E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
  • Fa e nngwe e go loma: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.

Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile

Kae mo lefatsheng?

AforikaAsiaYuropaAmerika BokoneAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

Texas coral snake e ka nna 1,2 m ka boleele (4 ft)Ntša e ka nna 1 m (3,3 ft)Motho yo mogolo e ka nna 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
boleele jo bo lekanang le dikatse tsa ntlo di le 2,5 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatlengboleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 7 di latelanae ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 73 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Texas coral snake e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?

Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.

E bonako go le kae?

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

1

A single bite can deliver about twice the lethal dose for an adult human, yet many bites inject no venom at all.1

2

The Texas coral snake eats other snakes, including venomous ones, and will even eat its own kind.1

3

Colour variants exist in the wild, including albino, anerythristic, pastel and completely black (melanistic) snakes.1

Mosenyi wa ditlhamane

Tlhamane: "Red and yellow, kill a fellow. Red on black, friend of Jack" is a reliable way to tell a coral snake from a harmless look-alike.

Nnete: The rhyme is not always accurate because colour patterns vary, and relying on it is dangerous to both people and snakes.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Micrurus tener
Setlhopha
Dinoga tsa khorale
Lelapa
Elapidae2
Lekoko
Squamata
Dikontinente
Amerika Bokone
Masea
It is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs.1
Kotsi go batho
3 / 5: E masisi3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Texas coral snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Micrurus tener (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
  3. Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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